Health care aides

NOC

33102

- Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

assist health professionals in the basic care of patients. Employers include hospitals, nursing homes and assisted care facilities for the elderly.

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Full NOC Description

Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly and other health care establishments. Emergency medical care attendant are employed by private ambulance services, urgent care centers or other health facilities.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort

Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff

Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies

Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery

Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments

Make beds and maintain patients' rooms

Maintain inventory of supplies

May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment

May transport patients between care facilities.

Also Known As

personal support worker (PSW)
health care aide
hospital attendant
long term care aide
nurse aide

nursing attendant

orderly

patient care aide

patient service associate

personal care attendant - medical

psychiatric aide

resident care aide - medical

Requirements

Employment Requirements

Some secondary school education and on-the-job training or a personal support worker, nursing aide or health care aide college or private institutional program, or a college nursing orderly program and supervised practical training are required.

Completion of specialized courses such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid is usually required.

An appropriate class of driver's licence may be required for medical attendants.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

Employment by Sex

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86.2%

Female

13.8%

Male

Employment by age

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14.1%

15-24

19.3%

25-34

18.8%

35-44

23.2%

45-54

20.6%

55-64

4.1%

65+

Employment by highest level of education

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8.3%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

30.0%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

8.2%

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

43.2%

College or University Below Bachelor Level

10.2%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

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94.1%

Health care and social assistance

2.5%

Other services (except public administration)

0.5%

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

2.8%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

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24.70%

Northeast

27.80%

Southeast

20.30%

Southwest

16.80%

Central

10.50%

Northwest

Economic Regions

The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.

Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

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$36,900

Northeast

$37,200

Southeast

$36,900

Southwest

$39,900

Central

$37,600

Northwest

Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

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Salary

The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.

Employment Outlook

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